Fermi LAT movie of Gamma-ray Burst (GRB) 080916C
This movie compresses about 8 minutes of Fermi LAT observations of GRB 080916C into 6 seconds. Colored dots represent gamma rays of different energies. Visible light has energy between about 2 and 3 electron volts (eV). The blue dots represent lower-energy gamma rays (less than 100 million eV); green, moderate energies (100 million to 1 billion eV); and red, the highest energies (more than 1 billion eV).
This movie shows Fermi Large Area Telescope observations of GRB 080916C. About 8 minutes of data are compressed into 6 seconds. Colored dots represent gamma rays of different energies. The blue dots represent lower-energy gamma rays; green, moderate energies; and red, the highest energies.
Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
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Animator
- Nicola Omodei (INFN Pisa, Italy)
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Scientist
- Steven Ritz (NASA/GSFC)
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Writer
- Francis Reddy (SPSYS)
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This page was originally published on Thursday, February 19, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.
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